It’s Technology Tuesday yet again, and I wanted to cover the latest news around EMC’s security arm, RSA. RSA had a lot of attention in 2011, mostly around their SecureID breach, but it gave them an opportunity to step back and focus on where the next move would take them. Last month, RSA Security executives announced that that move would focus on three key areas, anti-threat, mobility and cloud security. We’ve seen RSA partner with hardware manufacturers before (anyone look at their Wii? There’s a nice RSA logo on the console), so partnering with one of the most dynamic hardware industries is a very smart move for the EMC folks. Continue reading
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What Happens In The Cloud, Stays In The Cloud
When looking at how virtualization and cloud have changed traditional security, a lot of it has to do with visibility. Until recently, security was focused on physical controls and visibility into the network, and so solutions were designed to sit on the perimeter or in-line with the network. Intrusion detection and prevention is delivered through in-line IPS and next generation firewalls that feed Security Information Event Managers (SIEMs or SEMs) which logs the traffic and notes any discrepancies based on the policies and controls that the SIEM device was tuned to watch for. This is standard practice in all IT shops, but what changes with virtualization? Continue reading
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